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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-n...ed-telegraph-tea-issued-chilling-warning-west
The neatly arranged office toys and management guru books were still on the desk from the previous government official. But their Taliban replacement had added his own executive touches, including one of the movement’s white religious banners and a captured M4 carbine once used by an Afghan commando.
Spotlessly turned out in white robes and a black turban, the bearded official in his 30s was polite and offered tea, but declined to give his name because he did not have permission to speak and only said he was a “manager”.
“We are very happy that we are now the leaders of the government,” he told The Telegraph. “We want to have good relations with all the rest of the world. We want to work with foreigners and have good relations.”
The Telegraph’s unannounced visit to the government building now in the hands of the Taliban was a relaxed affair. The offer of tea was made with a warm welcome inside, part of a charm offensive by the Islamist leaders who until not too long ago viewed Western journalists with suspicion…….
“Taliban Tells British Press: ‘We Want Islamic Law, and Not Just in Afghanistan,’” by Jack Montgomery, Breitbart, September 5, 2021:
The Taliban said they want Islamic law both at home and abroad and warned Western forces they will face another 20-year quagmire if they return in an impromptu meeting with The Telegraph.
The right-leaning British newspaper, which is close to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government, took “tea with the Taliban” after turning up a captured government building in Kabul, where an Islamist official told them they were “very happy that we are now the leaders of the government” and “want to have good relations with all the rest of the world. We want to work with foreigners and have good relations.”
A Taliban commander from Kandahar province who the newspaper spoke to outside another seized government building indicated that such foreign engagement would be very much on the Islamists’ terms, however.
“We are happy that we are victorious. We fought for 20 years. We want Islamic law, and not just in Afghanistan,” said the commander, whose name was given only as Nisar.
“I joined the Taliban because when the Americans came, we had our government, our culture and the Americans came and attacked us,” Nisar explained, accusing that “They didn’t want to come for al-Qaeda, they had their own interests and wanted to destroy our country.”
The Telegraph discovered that he could speak what they described as “excellent English” but refused to do so, appearing to disdain it as the language of the enemy.
The commander’s fighters held an equally low opinion of Western forces and said they would have no place in the newly-declared Islamic emirate in future: “They are infidels and we don’t want infidel soldiers in our country and they don’t respect our law and our culture,” one said.
“The West should not come another time. If they do, we will fight for another 20 years,” another fighter warned, boasting: “This emirate will be forever.”…
The neatly arranged office toys and management guru books were still on the desk from the previous government official. But their Taliban replacement had added his own executive touches, including one of the movement’s white religious banners and a captured M4 carbine once used by an Afghan commando.
Spotlessly turned out in white robes and a black turban, the bearded official in his 30s was polite and offered tea, but declined to give his name because he did not have permission to speak and only said he was a “manager”.
“We are very happy that we are now the leaders of the government,” he told The Telegraph. “We want to have good relations with all the rest of the world. We want to work with foreigners and have good relations.”
The Telegraph’s unannounced visit to the government building now in the hands of the Taliban was a relaxed affair. The offer of tea was made with a warm welcome inside, part of a charm offensive by the Islamist leaders who until not too long ago viewed Western journalists with suspicion…….
“Taliban Tells British Press: ‘We Want Islamic Law, and Not Just in Afghanistan,’” by Jack Montgomery, Breitbart, September 5, 2021:
The Taliban said they want Islamic law both at home and abroad and warned Western forces they will face another 20-year quagmire if they return in an impromptu meeting with The Telegraph.
The right-leaning British newspaper, which is close to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government, took “tea with the Taliban” after turning up a captured government building in Kabul, where an Islamist official told them they were “very happy that we are now the leaders of the government” and “want to have good relations with all the rest of the world. We want to work with foreigners and have good relations.”
A Taliban commander from Kandahar province who the newspaper spoke to outside another seized government building indicated that such foreign engagement would be very much on the Islamists’ terms, however.
“We are happy that we are victorious. We fought for 20 years. We want Islamic law, and not just in Afghanistan,” said the commander, whose name was given only as Nisar.
“I joined the Taliban because when the Americans came, we had our government, our culture and the Americans came and attacked us,” Nisar explained, accusing that “They didn’t want to come for al-Qaeda, they had their own interests and wanted to destroy our country.”
The Telegraph discovered that he could speak what they described as “excellent English” but refused to do so, appearing to disdain it as the language of the enemy.
The commander’s fighters held an equally low opinion of Western forces and said they would have no place in the newly-declared Islamic emirate in future: “They are infidels and we don’t want infidel soldiers in our country and they don’t respect our law and our culture,” one said.
“The West should not come another time. If they do, we will fight for another 20 years,” another fighter warned, boasting: “This emirate will be forever.”…
